TY - BOOK AU - Corbacho,Ana AU - Schwartz,Gerd TI - Mexico: experiences with pro-poor expenditure policies T2 - IMF working paper U1 - 339.372 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO KW - GASTOS PUBLICOS KW - MEXICO N1 - Bibliografía: p. 49-54 N2 - Against the background of Mexico's persistently high degree of inequality, this paper analyzes the country's experience with pro-poor policies over the last decade. A number of important government initiatives, implemented since the mid-1990s, have aimed at improving distributional equity through pro-poor expenditure programs, while at the same time seeking to increase the efficiency of public spending. This paper reviews these initiatives and outlines some additional policy options UR - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2002/wp0212.pdf ER -